Examples Of Much Ado About Nothing As A Tragic Comedy
William Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is labeled as a comedy. A comedy is a play that is built around something entertainingly funny. The tragedy genre is a story built around something awful that happened. This play is built up of both which would make this a tragic-comedy. Even though there are funny parts, there are also some sad/unfortunate parts. Much Ado About Nothing should be labeled as a tragic-comedy because there is a faked death caused by humiliation, and heartbreak in the play.
First off, Claudio thought that Hero was cheating on him with some other person. So he made a plan to humiliate her on their wedding day. His friends made it look like Hero was cheating, even though she wasn’t, just so that he could have ‘evidence’ …show more content…
The situation described above is a pretty big heartbreak, but there is more agony between Beatrice and Benedick. In the beginning, you learn that Benedick broke Beatrice’s heart. He was known for dating around and kind of using the women. In Act 1 Scene 1, Beatrice says, “He set up his bills here in Messina, and challenged Cupid at the flight; and my uncle’s fool, reading the challenge, subscribed for Cupid and challenged him at the bird-bolt. I pray you, how many hath he killed and eaten in these wars? But how many hath he killed” (Shakespeare 2). She is saying that he dated many different girls and broke each one of their hearts. At the end, she is asking how many has he hurt because she most likely wants to know that she is not the only one that has had her heart broken by Benedick. Since Benedick was known for going from woman to woman, she had her own heart broken by him. After they break up, Benedick does not go on to date anyone else because he still thinks he loves her. This is another piece of evidence that shows why this play should not be called a comedy. Also, in Act 4 Scene 1, Beatrice and Benedick are talking and she says, “Kill Claudio” (Shakespeare 74). She said this because Benedick told her that he loved her. If he really loved her, he would kill the man that almost killed her beloved cousin. This leads to agony between them because Benedick doesn’t want to do that. This almost leads to them breaking up.
First off, Claudio thought that Hero was cheating on him with some other person. So he made a plan to humiliate her on their wedding day. His friends made it look like Hero was cheating, even though she wasn’t, just so that he could have ‘evidence’ …show more content…
The situation described above is a pretty big heartbreak, but there is more agony between Beatrice and Benedick. In the beginning, you learn that Benedick broke Beatrice’s heart. He was known for dating around and kind of using the women. In Act 1 Scene 1, Beatrice says, “He set up his bills here in Messina, and challenged Cupid at the flight; and my uncle’s fool, reading the challenge, subscribed for Cupid and challenged him at the bird-bolt. I pray you, how many hath he killed and eaten in these wars? But how many hath he killed” (Shakespeare 2). She is saying that he dated many different girls and broke each one of their hearts. At the end, she is asking how many has he hurt because she most likely wants to know that she is not the only one that has had her heart broken by Benedick. Since Benedick was known for going from woman to woman, she had her own heart broken by him. After they break up, Benedick does not go on to date anyone else because he still thinks he loves her. This is another piece of evidence that shows why this play should not be called a comedy. Also, in Act 4 Scene 1, Beatrice and Benedick are talking and she says, “Kill Claudio” (Shakespeare 74). She said this because Benedick told her that he loved her. If he really loved her, he would kill the man that almost killed her beloved cousin. This leads to agony between them because Benedick doesn’t want to do that. This almost leads to them breaking up.